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FBI Busts Russian Agents Accused of Spying on U.S. from NYC

The FBI said Monday it broke up a Russian spy ring in New York City, arresting the alleged ringleader and forcing two others to leave the country, The Washington Post reports.

Evgeny Buryakov was charged with conspiracy to act and acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government after he allegedly collected intelligence reports and other confidential information and supplied them to the SVR, Russia’s foreign intelligence service.

The other two SVR agents were returned to Russia with diplomatic immunity.

Prosecutors said Buryakov arrived in the U.S. in 2010 and began establishing connections to gather reports on subjects ranging from U.S. sanctions to progress on alternative energy sources.